La Fanfarlo - Baudelaire

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Published for the first time in 1847, this short story by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) combines personal experiences and literary homages (Balzac). From the game of adultery and amorous manipulations, a text imbued with irony emerges showing that by imitating passion too much we are often forced to truly experience it.

Summary :

A neglected woman tasks a friend – Samuel Cramer, a failed writer – with seducing her husband's mistress – Fanfarlo, an eccentric actress – so that he returns to her. But the hero is caught in his own trap when he really falls in love with the sultry actress...

One of the young Baudelaire's first texts, a fierce and ironic satire on the world of theater and literature, which testifies to Baudelaire's eternal fascination - in a mixture of attraction and repulsion - for women.

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